Wheelerenomyia

Wheelerenomyia is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from the Eocene of the Baltic region. The genus was first described in 1907 by Fernand Meunier, who named it after William Morton Wheeler.[2]

Wheelerenomyia Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sciapodinae
Genus:	†Wheelerenomyia Meunier, 1907[1]
Type species
†Wheelerenomyia eocenica Meunier, 1907[1]

Species

The genus contains 15 species. Originally it had only one species, W. eocenica; in 2008, Igor Grichanov moved 14 extinct species from other sciapodine genera (Amesorhaga, Nematoproctus, Psilopus – now Sciapus – and Neurigona) to the genus.[3] All species in the genus have strongly sinuate vein M, and were found from Baltic amber.[3]

• †Wheelerenomyia bickeli (Negrobov & Selivanova, 2003)[3]
• †Wheelerenomyia corcula (Meunier, 1907)[4][3]
• †Wheelerenomyia eocenica Meunier, 1907[1]
• †Wheelerenomyia longicerca (Negrobov & Selivanova, 2003)[3]
• †Wheelerenomyia originaria (Meunier, 1907)[5][3]
• †Wheelerenomyia pacata (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia parca (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia parva (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia parvula (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia pellucida (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia perastutula (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia perattica (Meunier, 1907)[3][5]
• †Wheelerenomyia quadrispinosa (Negrobov & Selivanova, 2003)[3]
• †Wheelerenomyia subparva (Meunier, 1916)[3]
• †Wheelerenomyia vladimiri (Negrobov & Selivanova, 2003)[3]

References

1. Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 197–199.
2. Meunier, F. (1908). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 22 (30): 57–59.
3. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2008). "Systematic notes on Sciapodinae from Baltic amber and on Dolichopodidae from Tanzanian copal (Diptera)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 4 (1): 137–139.
4. Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 221–222.
5. Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 209–211.

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.